MacBook or Powerbook?

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Thought I would get the new 15" until I heard rumors of an Intel-based laptop being released today. Turns out the rumors are true. So now I'm wondering which is the better choice for me.

I'm a "serious hobbyist" digital photographer, so I use apps like Photoshop and Aperture (though I'm thinking about moving over the Adobe Lightroom, which is faster and less processor intensive). These apps still run in Rosetta emulation, which is apparently painfully slow.

Also, I'm leaving on a five-week trip to Australia on January 31st. Would be really nice (actually, it's downright necessary for my work) to have the laptop for that trip.

However, seems almost silly not to get one of the MacBooks if they're really 3-4x faster than current models, thinner, built-in iSight, remote, great display, etc.

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